2. Summary of Joel Kotkin Kotkin’s outlook is optimistic His belief is that by the mid 21st century, America will be home to 400 million people (100 million more than the beginning of 2000) America will be a better place with 400 million in his opinion: More people means solutions to the housing crisis going on The population will need homes which in turn will jumpstart the construction of new homes Providing jobs
3. America vs China Because the countries such as China are limiting their population by laws, their countries will start seeing a decrease in their population which will not help their economy Kotkin’s believes that with America’s population almost doubling other countries, it will help the economy be stronger and more efficient Khanna sees China as competition in the future and does not see their powers limiting
4. Summary of Khanna The Second World compares and contrasts the three leading powers in the world today America, Europe, and China Although these countries have different economies, they are all intermingled and rely on one other He breaks down the “second world” countries and determines their strengths and weaknesses from the inside out
5. Kotkin Khanna Optimistic Sees other countries decreasing population as decreasing threats Has hope that America will regain its strength back and become better than before Relies heavily on statistics for his hypothesis Pessimistic Looks into other countries and their threats Offers reasons as to why America has already seen it’s better days and it’s power is not going to increase Uses his experience to determine his hypothesis KotkinvsKhanna
6. Second World Countries Second world countries such as eastern Europe, central Asia, South America, and the Middle East are rising on the economic power scale Khannabelieves America, Europe and China should not downsize their roles in the future Because the three countries have so much influence on each other, he believes that by the mid 21st century, other developing countries will also be in competition standards and something to prepare for Kotkin does not examine or take into consideration second or third world countries in his book His outlook towards China and Europe are not anything to be feared as in Khanna’s outlook
7. Suburbia and Family Suburbia is a term Kotkin used to describe the population living in the suburbs According to him, because the original baby boomers are older, they prefer the suburbs compared to urban living The younger generation will flock to the cities and populate them until they reach the late 20’s to early 30’s and appeal more to suburbs This could create a problem with commuting Kotkin’s solution to this is that more jobs will be focused in homes than in cities Kotkin believes the original baby boomers will begin having their offspring between 2010-2020 and they are the future generation of America They will be the hope for new inventions, energy efficient technology, creating jobs, lead to the doubling size of the economy, boost consumer spending
